Children in crisis were admitted 1300 times to adult mental health wards since 2012.

Owner of a Four Square store is pleading with customers to check their Lotto tickets.

Queenstown's gondola was officially opened on November 17, 1967

Rabbit numbers on the Moeraki Peninsula have exploded, reaching "plague" proportions.

A Dunedin schoolgirl has sustained ''moderate injuries'' in an alleged assault.

Desperate to make some cash to feed his P addiction, he got into a car outside Macca's.

Bessie Pearson has no health problems and "feels on top of the world".

William Andrews' family have waited almost four years for answers about his death.

A person has been seriously injured in a crash involving a motorbike and car in Clinton.

Part of Central Otago was in lockdown yesterday as police searched for an armed teen.

Police are in pursuit of a car following what is believed to be a domestic incident.

Coroner hears of health concerns despite CAA report suggesting crash due to bad weather.

The man was assaulted in the exercise yard at the Otago Correctional Facility.

A sea creature that regenerates an entire new body may mean big things for human healing.

South Island man has serious eye injury after firework was shot directly in his face.

Ravineel Avikash Sharma was killed in the crash in August.

Southern DHB own public health arm has no come out against the Ronald McDonald charity.

Police said no criminal offence occurred and they would not be laying charges.

She has not been seen since she went missing more than two years ago daughter's home.

National Standards will go and NCEA is also up for review by the new Labour-led Government

After losing control of car he continued driving on wrong side of road, crashing into pole

Police search nets drugs, drug-related equipment and gun parts

Hopes of fine weather during Auckland marathon on Sunday.

Man jailed after pair grab a shoe box, believing it contained beer.

Man who grabbed the woman's bottom at a South Dunedin supermarket has dodged jail term.

Public health group wants the Southern DHB to block Ronald McDonald House in Dunedin.

Dunedin student deported after grabbing 10cm knife and stabbing cat in the head.

Drunk teen crashes vehicle with parent and two other passengers inside.

A front is bringing wet weather to several parts of the country tomorrow.

Families' search for answers and a community picking up the pieces more than 18 months on.